Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick <it>Rhipicephalus </it>(<it>Boophilus</it>) <it>microplus </it>through tag-encoded pyrosequencing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ticks are regarded as the most relevant vectors of disease-causing pathogens in domestic and wild animals. The cattle tick, <it>Rhipicephalus </it>(<it>Boophilus</it>) <it>microplus</it>, hinders l...

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Main Authors: Bendele Kylie G, Guerrero Felix D, Dowd Scot E, Pérez de León Adalberto A, Andreotti Renato, Scoles Glen A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/6